Sherry
Sir, —No wonder the Government will not permit the import and sale of good Australian sherries in New Zealand. The local sherry “muck” tastes exactly like what it is: watered-down, sweetened vinegar, by Australian standards. The Australian sherries, on quality and price, put the New Zealand sherries to shame. And what a price the New Zealand sherries sell at in the bottle stores—9s! This is equivalent to nearly Ils (Australian) a bottle. You can buy magnificent, full-blooded Australian sherries in Australian hotels and wine bars from 7s 6d (Australian) a bottle. —Yours, etC ’’ WILTON GROVE. September 10, 1966. [A spokesman for a Christchurch wine and spirits merchant said that Australian sherries are imported into New Zealand. There were good New Zealand sherries available in New Zealand, and some excellent ones, although they were not quite up to the standard of some of the Australian products. Winemaking in New Zealand was only developing, but the products were improving all the time, the spokesman said.]
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31162, 12 September 1966, Page 12
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